In the Olympic Games held in Sydney in September 2000, Scotland's athletes won nine gold and silver medals (and no bronze), a number not equalled since 1912 and the first gold medals since 1988. And the Olympics 2000 certainly proved to be a big improvement over 1996 in Atlanta - when Scottish competitors, participating as always as part of the UK team, won only one bronze.

In the 2004 Olympics in Athens Scots won just two golds and two silvers but improved on that in 2008 in Beijing with 3 golds and three silver medals. All the gold medals in Beijing were won by cyclist Chris Hoy who was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours "for services to Sport".

With the Olympics being held in London in 2012, special efforts were made to ensure that British athletes did well in the games (including a significant sum allocated from the National Lottery to support many of the athletes). And those efforts certainly paid off. "Team GB" won 65 medals (29 gold 17 silver and 19 bronze thus ranking 3rd in the medals table). But of that total number of medals, Scots, (who account for 8.4% of the UK population) won or contributed to 12 of these.

Here is the complete list of Scottish Olympic medal winners since 1896, in reverse chronological order. In this context, "Scottish" mainly means born in Scotland (though Eric Liddell of "Chariot's of Fire" fame is included, even though he was born in China, of Scottish parents).

The Royal Mail published sets of stamps with the portraits of all UK gold medal winners - Scots gold medal winners in 2012 are shown below - Andy Murray, Sir Chris Hoy and Katherine Grainger .

2012 London

Sir Chris Hoy

Gold

Cycling, Team Sprint

Sir Chris Hoy

Gold

Cycling, Keirin

Timothy Baillie

Gold

Canoeing Slalom, C-2 team

Katherine Grainger

Gold

Rowing, Double Sculls

Andy Murray

Gold

Tennis Mens' Singles

Scott Brash

Gold

Equestrian, Team Jumping

Andy Murray

Silver

Tennis Mixed doubles

Luke Patience

Silver

Sailing, Mens 470

David Florence

Silver

Canoeing Slalom, C-2 team

Michael Jamieson

Silver

Swimming 200m Breaststroke

Laura Bartlett

Bronze

Field Hockey

Emily Maguire

Bronze

Field Hockey

2008 Beijing

Chris Hoy

Gold

Cycling, Keirin

Chris Hoy

Gold Cycling

Sprint

Chris Hoy

Gold Cycling

Team Sprint

Ross Edgar

Silver

Cycling, Keirin

Katherine Grainger

Silver

Rowing, Quadruple sculls

David Florence

Silver

Canoeing Slalom, C-1

2004 Athens

Chris Hoy

Gold

Cycling 1 km time-trial

Shirley Robertson

Gold Sailing

Yngling class

Katherine Grainger

Silver

Rowing Women's pairs

Campbell Walsh

Silver

Canoeing Slalom, K1 Kayak

2000 Sydney

Andrew Lindsay

Gold

Rowing men's eight

Shirley Robertson

Gold

Sailing Europe class

Stephanie Cook

Gold

Modern pentathlon

Chris Hoy

Silver

Cycling Olympic sprint team

Craig MacLean

Silver

Cycling Olympic sprint team

Ian Stark

Silver

Equestrian 3-day event team

Gillian Lindsay

Silver

Rowing quadruple sculls

Katherine Grainger

Silver

Rowing quadruple sculls

Mark Covell

Silver

Sailing star class

1996 Atlanta

Graeme Smith

Bronze

1,500m freestyle swimming

1992 Barcelona

Simon Terry

Bronze

Archery individual

Simon Terry

Bronze

Archery team

Susan Fraser

Bronze

Hockey team

Wendy Fraser

Bronze

Hockey team

Alison Ramsay

Bronze

Hockey team

1988 Seoul

Veryan Pappin

Gold

Hockey team

Michael McIntyre

Gold

Yachting star class

Liz McColgan

Silver

10,000m

Elliot Bunney

Silver

4x100m relay

Ian Stark

Silver

Equestrian 3-day event team

Alister Allan

Silver

Smallbore free rifle

Yvonne Murray

Bronze

3,000m

1984 Los Angeles

Richard Budgett

Gold

Rowing coxed fours

Ian Stark

Silver

Equestrian 3-day event team

Veryan Pappin

Bronze

Hockey team

Alister Allan

Bronze

Smallbore free rifle

Neil Cochran

Bronze

200m medley swimming

Neil Cochran

Bronze

200m frestyle relay

Paul Easter

Bronze

200m freestyle relay

1980 Moscow

Allan Wells

Gold

200m silver

Linsey Macdonald

Bronze

400m relay team

1976 Montreal

David Wilkie

Gold

200m breastroke swimming

David Wilkie

Silver

100m breastsroke swimming

Rodney Pattison

Silver

Yachting Flying Dutchman

Alan McClatchey

Bronze

200m freestyle swimming relay

Gordon Downie

Bronze

200m freestyle swimming relay

1972 Munich

Rodney Pattison

Gold

Yachting Flying Dutchman

David Jenkins

Silver

400m relay team

David Wilkie

Silver

200m breaststroke swimming

Ian Stewart

Bronze

5,000m

1968 Mexico

Rodney Pattison

Gold

Yachting Flying Dutchman

1964 Tokyo

Bobby McGregor

Silver

100m freestyle swimming

1960 Rome

Dick McTaggart

Bronze

Lightweight boxing

1956 Melbourne

Dick McTaggart

Gold

Lightweight boxing

John McCormack

Bronze

Light middleweight boxing

1952 Helsinki

Douglas Stewart

Gold

Equestrian showjumping team

Stephen Theobald

Bronze

Hockey team

Helen Gordon

Bronze

200m breaststroke swimming

1948 London

Alistair McCorquodale

Silver

4x100m relay

David Brodie

Silver

Hockey team

Robin Lindsay

Silver

Hockey team

William Lindsay

Silver

Hockey team

Geirge Sime

Silver

Hockey team

Neil White

Silver

Hockey team

Catherine Gibson

Bronze

400m freestyle swimming

1936 Munich

No medal winners from Scotland.

1932 Los Angeles

No medal winners from Scotland.

1928 Amsterdam

Ellen King

Silver

100m backstroke swimming

Ellen King

Silver

100m freestyle relay swimming

Sarah Stewart

Silver

100m freestyle relay swimming

1924 Paris

Eric Liddell

Gold

400m

Eric Liddell

Bronze

200m

James McNabb

Gold

Coxless fours

James McKenzie

Silver

Lightweight boxing

Archie Macdonald

Bronze

100kg freestyle wrestling

1920 Antwerp

Robert Lindsay

Gold

400m relay

John Sewell

Gold

Tug of war team

William Peacock

Gold

Water polo

James Wilson

Silver

Cross country team

Alexander Ireland

Silver

Welterweight boxing

James Wilson

Bronze

10,000m

George McKenzie

Bronze

Bantamweight bronze

1912 Stockholm

Henry Macintosh

Gold

100m

Philup Fleming

Gold

Rowing eights

Angus Gillan

Gold

Rowing eights

William Kinnear

Gold

Single sculls

Robert Murray

Gold

Small bore shooting

George Cornet

Gold

Water polo

Isabella Moore

Gold

100m freestyle swimming

James Soutter

Bronze

400m relay

John Sewell

Silver

Tug of war team

1908 London

Name

Medal

Sport

Arthur Robertson

Gold

Team steeplechase

Wyndam Halswelle

Gold

400m

Angus Gillan

Gold

Coxless fours

George Cornet

Gold

Water polo

Royal Clyde YC

Gold

12 metres class

Arthur Robertson

Silver

Steeplechase

Alex McCulloch

Silver

Single sculls

Hugh Roddin

Bronze

Featherweight boxing

Scottish team

Bronze

Hockey

1904 Athens

Name

Medal

Sport

John McGough

Silver

1,500m

Wyndam Halswelle

Silver

400m

Wyndam Halswelle

Bronze

800m

1900 Paris

Name

Medal

Sport

Walter Rutherford

Silver

Golf

David Robertson

Bronze

Golf

1896 Athens

Name

Medal

Sport

Launceston Elliot

Gold

Weightlifting, One-Handed

Launceston Elliot

Silver

Weightlifting, Two-Handed

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